Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are enemies of democracy.

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.

The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world.

Politics is pointless if it does nothing to enhance the beauty of our lives.

I didn't want to spent a lot of close time with someone who believed that fun is a bourgeois indulgence.

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty.

• you should improve your character, because it's belong to your destiny ♥

Good leaders sacrifice for others to survive

For the cause that lacks assistance The wrong that needs resistance For the future in the distance And the good that I can do.

Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it

I don't think about delivery. I don't think about mechanics. I just think about throwing hard.

If we go as far as we can into the darkness, regardless of the consequences, I believe a midnight truth will free us from our bondage to violence and bring us to the light of peace.

Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first.

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

Because all things are necessary to man's complete unfoldment, all things in human life are the work of God.